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Anneta, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leitchfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42754. The Survey maps it on the Nolin Lake quadrangle.

Anneta within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Anneta between 1999 and 2018, burning about 280 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTAYLOR FORK
2 May 2018Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryQUAIL HOLLOW
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRE FIRE
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryNOLIN ESTATES FIRE
24 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN CLIFF
14 April 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOCK ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Anneta: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Irving QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anneta in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002Thunderstorm WindAnneta$30,000A roof was blown off a house.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAnneta-A tree was blown down across Anneta Road.
May 2025HailAnneta-Quarter sized hail was reported near Anneta.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindAnneta-A tree fell down on Bear Creek Road.
May 2024HailAnneta-Nickel sized hail was observed along Kentucky Route 259 near the Edmonson and Grayson County line.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindAnneta-There were several trees down in the Anneta area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAnneta-A metal structure was damaged off of Anneta Road.
May 2000HailAnneta-no account filed
May 2000HailAnneta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Conoloway1.6 miles15
Huffman1.9 miles12
Meredith2.2 miles12
Moutardier2.5 miles15
Johnson Crossroads3.0 miles12
Ponderosa3.3 miles15
Peonia3.4 miles12
Linwood4.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507402. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.